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How popular is the name Dominic?
Births per year, rank history and how many Dominics are alive today.
Dominic (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 205th in 2025 with 246 babies given the name. The name peaked in 1994, when around 1,500 babies were given the name, the 52nd most popular that year. It has declined since 1994; the 2025 figure is roughly 16% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 52,000 babies have been named Dominic in England and Wales since 1964. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Dominic you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Dominics born in England and Wales are between 25 and 50, and there are at least 55,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 17% chance that at least one of them will be called Dominic.
How many babies are named Dominic each year?
Where does Dominic rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Dominic most popular?
Dominic peaked in 1994, when around 1,500 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Dominic?
At least 55,000 people named Dominic born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dominic?
Most living Dominics are between 25 and 50; the most common age is about 31.
Is Dominic becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1994 peak.